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NCAA Basketball Picks: Wednesday Picks of the Day

We have locked in two NCAA basketball picks that we think hold good value tonight. Are you on the same side?

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Neither team has done well in conference play, but it's the
Fighting Irish that find themselves favored by six points for tonight's game
against the Yellow Jackets.

Coming in, Notre Dame has gone 14-14 SU and a very poor
8-16-2 ATS, while Georgia Tech hasn't been a lot better at 13-14 SU and 9-11-1
ATS. The Fighting Irish (5-10 SU) have the marginally better conference record
than the Yellow Jackets, who are 4-10 at the moment.

The Yellow Jackets' primary struggles have come offensively.
They're averaging 66.7 points per game for the season but that number goes down
to 53.2 PPG when talking about their past five contests. Fortunately they've
been able to fare much better on the defensive end.

Speaking of struggles, the Fighting Irish have had plenty
since Jerian Grant left the team. This is a team that's also lost two in a row,
while going 3-7 SU (3-6-1 ATS) in their previous 10 matchups.

We've already faded Baylor quite a few teams this season and
it's worked out well for us. This isn't so much a fade as it is simply having
confidence in a good team in Texas to take care of business at home.

Right now the NCAA basketball betting odds board has the
Longhorns favored by four points, with the total at 139 at most sportsbooks.
Texas is 20-7 SU and 12-12 ATS on the year, while Baylor has gone 18-9 SU and
8-11-2 ATS.

The Bears are the hotter team of the two, having won four in
a row, including overtime victories over Oklahoma State and Kansas State. The
winning streak has been rounded off by double-digit road wins over TCU and West
Virginia.

The Longhorns have hit a wall, losing two straight road contests
(at Iowa State and Kansas). They were destroyed by 31 by the Jayhawks over the
weekend, so you know they'll want to come out and redeem themselves at home
tonight.

Texas has lost just twice in Austin and hasn't tasted defeat
there since early January. They've reeled off six consecutive wins inside their
own building, with impressive wins over Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State
and Iowa State tossed in there.

We really like this situational spot for the Longhorns.
They've suffered two tough defeats in a row, but now they return home where
they've practically been unbeatable lately. Baylor could be in for a letdown
after such an emotion-filled win streak.

Some will take the points with the in-form Bears, but we
like Texas to overwhelm the visitors en route to the SU victory and ATS cover.